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Symbiosis is good for the species involved in that relationship, but it may still be harmful to other organisms. What Randall is suggesting is that humans are collateral damage. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 21:37, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
 
Symbiosis is good for the species involved in that relationship, but it may still be harmful to other organisms. What Randall is suggesting is that humans are collateral damage. [[User:Barmar|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar|talk]]) 21:37, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
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Is there controversy around covid-19 coming from cave bats rarely visited by humans, or would the bats be part of the convoluted lifecycle? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.211|162.158.74.211]] 22:02, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
 
Is there controversy around covid-19 coming from cave bats rarely visited by humans, or would the bats be part of the convoluted lifecycle? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.74.211|162.158.74.211]] 22:02, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
  
 
Is this comic suggesting the yeast would allow the virus to survive without a human host, and when we later swap sourdough starters the virus could then find a new human host to infect? [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 01:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
 
Is this comic suggesting the yeast would allow the virus to survive without a human host, and when we later swap sourdough starters the virus could then find a new human host to infect? [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 01:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
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That is not a theory.  Is has no evidence and makes no testable predictions, at least as far as I can tell.  It is just a hypothesis. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 01:56, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

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Symbiosis is good for the species involved in that relationship, but it may still be harmful to other organisms. What Randall is suggesting is that humans are collateral damage. Barmar (talk) 21:37, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Is there controversy around covid-19 coming from cave bats rarely visited by humans, or would the bats be part of the convoluted lifecycle? 162.158.74.211 22:02, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

Is this comic suggesting the yeast would allow the virus to survive without a human host, and when we later swap sourdough starters the virus could then find a new human host to infect? Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 01:05, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

That is not a theory. Is has no evidence and makes no testable predictions, at least as far as I can tell. It is just a hypothesis. Nutster (talk) 01:56, 21 April 2020 (UTC)